2022 St. Francis Tennis News

  • St. Francis tennis, cross country earn academic nods
    January 24, 2023
    SACRAMENTO, Calif. – St. Francis girls’ tennis captured the 2022 Sac-Joaquin Section Academic Team Championship, the organization announced Tuesday afternoon. The Troubadours compiled a 3.88 overall grade-point average to earn the honor.
  • Han-Wei, Worthen lead Troubies on Delta League fall honor roll
    November 22, 2022
    SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Freshman Arden Han-Wei captured Player of the Year for golf while first-year cross country mentor Chad Worthen captured Coach of the Year distinction, as the Delta League rolled out its 2022 fall sports awards Monday. These awards arrived in a season that also saw tennis players Aniyus Pierre and Chloe Garcia capture the league doubles championship.
  • Pierre and Garcia finish among section's final four
    November 04, 2022
    ROSEVILLE, Calif. – The St. Francis doubles tandem of Aniyus Pierre and Chloe Garcia dropped the single-game tiebreaker, 10-3, to lose a split-set matchup to the Laguna Creek pairing of Irene Huang and Subha Patel, 4-6, 6-3, 1-0, in Friday’s semifinal round of the 2022 Sac-Joaquin Section Individual Championships hosted at Johnson Ranch Sports Club.
  • Pierre-Garcia upsets Del Oro to advance to SJS semis
    November 03, 2022
    ROSEVILLE, Calif. – The St. Francis doubles tandem of Aniyus Pierre and Chloe Garcia upset No. 3-seeded Avery Phillips and Neeka Abadi of Del Oro in the quarterfinals to cap their day at the Sac-Joaquin Section Doubles Championship at Johnson Ranch Sports Club Thursday.
  • Troubie tennis' SJS run ends in Rocklin
    November 02, 2022
    ROCKLIN, Calif. – Seniors Chloe Garcia and Lucy Phillips posted straight-set victories at No. 5 and No. 6 singles, respectively, but St. Francis lost all other matches in falling by a 7-2 final against Rocklin in the second round of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I team playoffs Wednesday.
  • Troubies top Jaguars in first round of section playoffs
    October 31, 2022
    SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The all-sophomore tandem of Anna Dinh and Arden Garcia outlasted opponents Reine Woodard and Kiana Atwell in the tiebreaker to complete a St. Francis sweep of the three doubles matches, part of a 6-3 overall victory over Gregori a first-round matchup of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I girls’ tennis championship tournament at Rio Del Oro Sports Club Monday.
  • Pierre-Garcia tandem wins Delta League doubles title
    October 26, 2022
    ELK GROVE, Calif. – The St. Francis doubles tandem of Aniyus Pierre and Chloe Garcia defeated second-seeded Katie Shu and Ema Quang of Cosumnes Oaks by scores of 6-2, 7-6 (9-7) to capture the Delta League girls’ tennis doubles championship, capping the league tourney held at Laguna Creek Sports Club Wednesday.
  • Irwin, Garcia win draws; Zhou clinches all-league nod
    October 24, 2022
    ELK GROVE, Calif. – Senior Chloe Garcia and junior Juliette Irwin each won their respective draws, while senior Norah Zhou advanced to the main bracket semifinals to clinch an all-league nod, highlighting St. Francis at the Delta League Girls’ Tennis Singles Championships at Laguna Creek Sports Club Monday.
  • Troubies honor seniors in home finale
    October 20, 2022
    SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Senior Hayley Labia scored her team’s lone win at No. 3 singles, as St. Francis lost by an 8-1 final to Davis in the Delta League girls’ tennis season finale at Rio Del Oro Sports Club Thursday. The match served as both the home opener and home finale for the Troubadours, who had played the entire season to date on the road – mostly in the Elk Grove area.
  • St. Francis wraps action at Golden State Classic
    October 15, 2022
    SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Senior Norah Zhou and sophomore Anna Dinh each posted a singles victory as St. Francis dropped a pair of matches on the final day of the Golden State Tennis Classic, hosted by Menlo Saturday. The Troubadours fell, 5-1, to Henry M. Gunn; then dropped a 4-2 decision to Castilleja School in the nightcap.
  • Troubies take on Bay Area powers at Golden State Classic
    October 14, 2022
    PALO ALTO, Calif. – Senior Norah Zhou and sophomore Tatum Walbeck each picked up singles victories, while Aniyus Pierre and Hayley Labia made their season doubles debut, highlighting St. Francis on the first day of Menlo’s Golden State Classic tournament Friday.
  • St. Francis sweeps final league road dual
    October 12, 2022
    ELK GROVE, Calif. – St. Francis won all eight contested matches in straight sets, including three double-bagel victories, to blank Sheldon by a team score of 9-0 in the team’s final Delta League road dual of the season.
  • Troubies sweep doubles but fall to Eagles
    October 11, 2022
    ELK GROVE, Calif. – St. Francis claimed all three doubles wins in straight sets while nabbing one dominating singles victory, but ultimately lost a split-set singles match in the darkness to fall, 5-4, to Pleasant Grove in a Delta League girls’ tennis dual match Tuesday afternoon.
  • Singles crew snares dual win for Troubies
    October 06, 2022
    ELK GROVE, Calif. – St. Francis picked up five singles wins to come away with a 5-4 victory over Franklin in a girls’ tennis dual match Thursday night. The win comes in a week in which several Troubadour players – including three among the top 10 on the team ladder – are out due to illness.
  • Short-handed tennis squad claims win at CO
    October 04, 2022
    ELK GROVE, Calif. – Despite missing nearly half of its squad – including six of its top 12 players – St. Francis came away with a 6-3 win over Cosumnes Oaks in Delta League girls’ tennis action Tuesday afternoon. The team victory included five of the six singles matches plus the top doubles pairing, with one of the losses coming by virtue of a default.
  • St. Francis sweeps in return to Elk Grove
    September 29, 2022
    ELK GROVE, Calif. – Senior Hayley Labia shut out Ella Cox-Espejo by set scores of 6-0, 6-0 at No. 2 singles, one of eight straight-set victories by St. Francis in a 9-0 victory over Elk Grove in a Delta League girls’ tennis dual match Thursday. This was the Troubadours’ second visit to the Thundering Herd in as many weeks, as the two faced each other in a 9-0 decision back on September 23.
  • Dinh-Garcia comeback highlights SF in loss at Davis
    September 27, 2022
    DAVIS, Calif. – Seniors Norah Zhou and Hayley Labia picked up split-set wins at singles while the doubles tandem of Anna Dinh and Arden Garcia went the distance toward a three-set victory at No. 2 doubles, but St. Francis dropped a 6-3 dual match at Davis in Delta League girls’ tennis action Tuesday afternoon.
  • Troubies shut out Herd in twice-delayed dual
    September 23, 2022
    ELK GROVE, Calif. – St. Francis prevailed in all six singles matches and the two contested doubles matches in straight sets, defeating Elk Grove by a 9-0 team score in a Delta League girls’ tennis dual match Friday afternoon.
  • St. Francis blanks Sheldon in Delta League road dual
    September 20, 2022
    SACRAMENTO, Calif. – St. Francis won all six singles and all three doubles in straight sets, surrendering just a total of five games, to defeat Sheldon by a 9-0 team score in Delta League girls’ tennis action Tuesday. The Troubadours won three singles and two doubles matches by “double-bagel” 6-0, 6-0 results.
  • SF-Elk Grove road match canceled
    September 19, 2022
    SACRAMENTO, Calif. – St. Francis' Delta League tennis match at Elk Grove has been canceled due to the expectation of rain. The team will convene at the fitness center from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. instead. No word yet as to whether the match is canceled or merely postponed. Please check back at GoTroubies.com for future updates.
  • Road-tested Troubies fall at Pleasant Grove
    September 15, 2022
    ELK GROVE, Calif. – Senior Hayley Labia won a thrilling 11-9 tiebreaker in the third set to pick up a victory at No. 3 singles, while the tandem of senior Chloe Garcia and sophomore Anna Dinh scored the lone straight-set doubles win, but Pleasant Grove claimed four out of the six singles pairings to top St. Francis, 5-4, in a Delta League girls’ tennis dual match Thursday afternoon.
  • Wildcats outlast Troubies in Delta League thriller
    September 13, 2022
    ELK GROVE, Calif. – The rookie doubles tandem of junior Kate Jones and freshman Ava Ensberg scored a straight-set, 6-1, 6-2 win at No. 3 doubles, while three Troubadours picked up singles victories, but St. Francis fell in a 5-4 heartbreaker to Franklin in girls’ tennis dual action Tuesday afternoon.
  • St. Francis opens Delta League play with 8-1 win
    September 12, 2022
    ELK GROVE, Calif. – St. Francis won all three doubles matches and five of the six singles pairings in straight sets, claiming an 8-1 win over Cosumnes Oaks in Delta League girls’ tennis action Monday afternoon. The dual match was initially scheduled for September 8, but was postponed due to excessive heat in the Sacramento area during that week.
  • Troubie tennis scores two season-opening wins
    August 30, 2022
    SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A 6-3 victory at McClatchy and a 7-2 win at Folsom, originally scheduled as preseason scrimmages, boost St. Francis to a 2-0 record to start its 2022 tennis season. Seniors Chloe Garcia and Lucy Phillips each won both of their singles draws, while four Troubadours – Arden Garcia, Anna Dinh, Caroline Niethammer and Madeline Welch – notched a pair of doubles victories.